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The vote to approve the plan Friday by the Republican-controlled Texas State Board of Education reflects a broader conservative effort to introduce more religion into U.S. schools. Last year, Texas became the largest state<\/a> to require every classroom to display the Ten Commandments.<\/p>\n

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